Re: How to handle this OOP/inheritance problem?

On Feb 7, 1:01 pm, dik <quag...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >  Initially, none. I will be using the built-in speaker, first
> >  with multiplexing (arpeggios) and later with a simple state
> >  machine to mix multiple square waves realtime.
>
> I have always wondered how this is done.

Arpeggiating is easy (just switch the speaker to a new tone every so
often).  Emulating the state machine is harder, and much harder if you
need it to work on platforms a different speed than your own.  The
basic idea is to use 2 or more registers with a period value and count
them all down; when one reaches zero, pulse the speaker.

> What is the user interface you envision? A Csound-like
> pre-processor? Some kind of a player piano? A virtual keyboard?

A tracker.  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracker